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More Seats Are Up For Grabs But Who Wants The Job? – for Sep. 2, 2010

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Rural Manitoba may see a major turnover of municipal leaders come this fall’s elections. An “usually high number” of long-serving leaders say they’re not seeking re-election this October, says the president of Association of Manitoba Municipalities. “It’s a sign big change is coming,” said Doug Dobrowolski. “Most people keep it pretty close to the chest
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Women Of The “Old Boys Club” – for Sep. 2, 2010

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When municipal leaders were surveyed last winter and asked, “What’s keeping women from running for office?” relatively few filled out the questionnaire – just 160 out of nearly 1,000 responded. Ninety-one replied saying they saw no barriers for women to serve on local councils and that they were “free to run just like men.” It
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New Housing Construction Spurs Growth In Gladstone

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“My message always is, if a place the size of Gladstone can do this, any place can.” – EILEEN CLARKE, GLADSTONE MAYOR AND BUSINESS OWNER WHO FINANCED CONSTRUCTION OF A 10-SUITE BUILDING, OPENED IN FEBRUARY 2009 When Gladstone’s population fell into precipitous decline a few years back, reaction initially was, “There’s nothing we can do
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Snow Lake Prepares For Future Boom And Bust

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“We’ve gone from a community where we were almost giving property away to where we’re now needing to accommodate people. You can’t do that without proper planning.” – GARRY ZAMZOW, SNOW LAKE MAYOR Snow Lake Mayor Garry Zamzow jokes how he likes hearing his cellphone ring these days. Until last month, Snow Lake had no
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Province Revises Sewage Ejector Rules

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“We’re very happy as an association that government listened to the concerns of our members and that they’ve come out with a positive result here.” – AMM PRESIDENT DOUG DOBROWOLSKI Rural landowners got some good news last week – the province is revising its policy to phase out sewage ejectors. The provincial government announced April
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Ejector Issue Putting Property Sales On Hold

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“It’s a very badly drafted law.” – ROBERT TYLER, LAWYER WITH AIKINS MACAULAY AND THORVALDSON Rural Manitobans holding out hope the province may change a contentious regulation phasing out sewage ejectors may have to keep on waiting. A spokesperson for the province last week would only say Manitoba Conservation, which added the ejector phase-out requirement
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Local Governments Gain — And Lose — In Budget 2010

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Municipal leaders were glad to see an increase in unconditional grants to municipalities last week, and even seemed a tad surprised to get it during what they knew would be one tough budget. The province’s budget for 2010 includes an overall increase of 6.5 per cent in unconditional grants for municipalities, which flow to each
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Convention Controversy Continues At AMM March Meetings

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The Association of Manitoba Municipalities’ board of directors will review a controversial decision to pull the associations’ annual convention out of Brandon after meetings with mayors and reeves wrap up this week. The board got an earful last week in the western part of the province during its annual round of spring public consultations with
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Sewage Ejector Ban Hitting Rural Pocketbooks

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Lowe Farm-area resident Dennis Friesen ran into a nasty new wrinkle to selling rural properties when he put his farmyard on the market last autumn. The farmer and autobody shop owner was planning to subdivide his yard from his farmland and sell it so he could move his car repair business to a better location
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Throne Speech Recycles Ongoing Farm Programs

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Last week’s Manitoba throne speech spoke a fair bit about agriculture but contained few actual new initiatives for farmers. Instead, the speech to mark the opening of the new legislative session was mainly a rehash of programs already ongoing, according to observers. “A lot of what was in the throne speech was actually reannouncements, not

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